Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate, Banking and Communication sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.84% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Avner L (TA:AVNRp), which rose 4.26% or 9.4 points to trade at 230.0 at the close. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) added 4.15% or 2750 points to end at 69000 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) was up 3.66% or 44 points to 1245 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Melisron (TA:MLSR), which lost 3.29% or 480 points to trade at 14100 in late trade. Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) declined 2.66% or 92 points to end at 3364 and Discount (TA:DSCT) shed 2.35% or 15.0 points to 622.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 195 to 134 and 118 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.66% or 1.28 to $46.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 2.80% or 1.37 to hit $47.56 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.86% or 23.75 to trade at $1250.65 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.45% to 3.8672, while EUR/ILS rose 0.36% to 4.3331.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 95.32.